The challenge of operating in the Gourma grows as the jihadist insurgency advances by stealth, tapping into local grievances to expand their influence. This of course runs counter to the Mali Elephant Project’s strategy of bringing diverse groups together to...

Response to the article by Prof. Rosaleen Duffy, “We need to talk about the militarization of conservation“, Green European Journal, July 20, 2017 Written by Dr. Susan Canney, Director of the Mali Elephant Project[1] and Research Associate at the...

Update from the Mali Elephant Project Much has been written in recent posts about the achievements of the anti-poaching unit, and so this post provides an update on the community work that continues in parallel, particularly on the occasion of the Mali Elephant...

Three things have been keeping the elephants alive: the local people, Malian military patrols and the elephants themselves. Last year the sudden dramatic escalation of poaching in the first half of 2015 was the result of a new development whereby international...

In the first two weeks of January 2016, 16 elephants died to international ivory traffickers in Mali. On the outskirts of the elephant range, 50 government rangers have completed rigorous training and are ready to protect Mali’s elephants. The government of Mali needs...